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1 ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMPNSM πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--NSN στρατόπεδον-N2N-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἀρχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM πολεμέω-V2I-IAI3P ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF *ιουδα-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM βαδίζω-VA--AAD2S πρός-P *σεδεκιας-N1T-ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--DSM οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM παράδοσις-N3I-DSF παραδίδωμι-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF οὗτος- D--NSF εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C καίω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN

3 καί-C σύ- P--NS οὐ-D μή-D σώζω-VC--APS2S ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C σύλλημψις-N3I-ASF συνλαμβάνω-VV--FPI2S καί-C εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM δίδωμι-VC--FPI2S καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APM ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁράω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSN στόμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS λαλέω-VF--FAI3S καί-C εἰς-P *βαβυλών-N3W-ASF εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S

4 ἀλλά-C ἀκούω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM *σεδεκιας-N1T-VSM βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM *ιουδα-N---GSM οὕτως-D λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

5 ἐν-P εἰρήνη-N1--DSF ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2S καί-C ὡς-C κλαίω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APM πατήρ-N3--APM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APM βασιλεύω-VA--AAPAPM πρότερον-D σύ- P--GS κλαίω-VF--FMI3P καί-C σύ- P--AS καί-C ὦ-I αδων-N---NSM κόπτω-VF--FMI3P σύ- P--AS ὅτι-C λόγος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

6 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *σεδεκιας-N1T-ASM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF

7 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF δύναμις-N3I-NSF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF πολεμέω-V2I-IAI3S ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF *ιουδα-N---GSM ἐπί-P *λαχις-N---ASF καί-C ἐπί-P *αζηκα-N---ASF ὅτι-C οὗτος- D--NPF καταλείπω-VVI-API3P ἐν-P πόλις-N3I-DPF *ιουδα-N---GSM πόλις-N3I-NPF ὀχυρός-A1A-NPF

8 ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMPNSM πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN συντελέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *σεδεκιας-N1T-ASM διαθήκη-N1--ASF πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN καλέω-VA--AAN ἄφεσις-N3I-ASF

9 ὁ- A--GSN ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAN ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--ASM *εβραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF *εβραῖα-N1A-ASF ἐλεύθερος-A1A-APM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASN μή-D δουλεύω-V1--PAN ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἐκ-P *ιουδα-N---GSM

10 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VDI-API3P πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM μεγιστάν-N3--NPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NPM εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF διαθήκη-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSN ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAN ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

11 καί-C ἐάω-V3--PAPASF αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P παῖς-N3D-APM καί-C παιδίσκη-N1--APF

12 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

13 οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐγώ- P--NS τίθημι-VEI-AMI1S διαθήκη-N1--ASF πρός-P ὁ- A--APM πατήρ-N3--APM σύ- P--GP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὅς- --DSF ἐκαἱρέω-VBI-AMI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM δουλεία-N1A-GSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

14 ὅταν-D πληρόω-VC--APS3S ἕξ-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM *εβραῖος-N2--ASM ὅς- --NSM πιπράσκω-VC--FPI3S σύ- P--DS καί-C ἐργάζομαι-V1--PMI3S σύ- P--DS ἕξ-M ἔτος-N3E-APN καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐλεύθερος-A1A-ASM καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D κλίνω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASN οὖς-N3--ASN αὐτός- D--GPM

15 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3P σήμερον-D ποιέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN εὐθής-A3H-ASN πρό-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN καλέω-VA--AAN ἄφεσις-N3I-ASF ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C συντελέω-VAI-AAI3P διαθήκη-N1--ASF κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ὅς- --GSM ἐπικαλέω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DSM

16 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN ἐπιστρέφω-VA--AAN ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --APM ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI2P ἐλεύθερος-A1A-APM ὁ- A--DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM σύ- P--DP εἰς-P παῖς-N3D-APM καί-C παιδίσκη-N1--APF

17 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὑμεῖς- P--NP οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN καλέω-VA--AAN ἄφεσις-N3I-ASF ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS καλέω-V2--PAI1S ἄφεσις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--DP εἰς-P μάχαιρα-N1A-ASF καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM θάνατος-N2--ASM καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λιμός-N2--ASM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP εἰς-P διασπορά-N1A-ASF πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF βασιλεία-N1A-DPF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

18 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ὁ- A--APM παραἔρχομαι-VX--XAPAPM ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--APM μή-D ἵστημι-VA--AAPAPM ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --ASF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM μόσχος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐργάζομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--DSM

19 ὁ- A--APM ἄρχων-N3--APM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APM δυνάστης-N1M-APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἱερεύς-N3V-APM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM

20 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--DPM ἐχθρός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NPN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-NPN αὐτός- D--GPM βρῶσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--DPN πετεινός-A1--DPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

21 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *σεδεκιας-N1T-ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ὁ- A--GSF *ἰουδαία-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἄρχων-N3--APM αὐτός- D--GPM δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF ἐχθρός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C δύναμις-N3I-NSF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ὁ- A--DPM ἀποτρέχω-V1--PAI3P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM

22 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS συντάσσω-V1--PAI1S φημί-V6--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF καί-C πολεμέω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C κατακαίω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APF ἔρημος-N2--APF ἀπό-P καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPGPM

   

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3 καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM στῦλος-N2--ASM καί-C διατίθημι-VEI-AMI3S διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN ὀπίσω-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--GSN φυλάσσω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APF ἐντολή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN μαρτύριον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN δικαίωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF καρδία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSN ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF οὗτος- D--GSF ὁ- A--APN γράφω-VP--XPPAPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN βιβλίον-N2N-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF διαθήκη-N1--DSF

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Arcana Coelestia #7102

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7102. 'Lest perhaps He fall on us with pestilence and sword' means to avoid the damnation of evil and falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'lest perhaps He fall on' as lest they run into - into damnation; from the meaning of 'pestilence' as the damnation of evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'sword' as the vastation of truth, and also the punishment of falsity, dealt with in 2799, and so also as damnation, since the punishment of falsity, when truth has been devasted, is damnation.

[2] The Word mentions four kinds of vastation and punishment - sword, famine, evil wild animal, and pestilence. 'Sword' means the vastation of truth and the punishment of falsity; 'famine' the vastation of good and the punishment of evil; 'evil wild animal' the punishment of evil that arises out of falsity; and 'pestilence' the punishment of evil that does not arise out of falsity but out of evil. And since punishment is meant, damnation is meant also, since damnation is the punishment suffered by those who persist in evil. Those four kinds of punishment are referred to as follows in Ezekiel,

. . . when I shall send My four severe 1 judgements - sword, and famine, and evil wild animal, and pestilence - onto Jerusalem, to cut off man and beast from it. Ezekiel 14:21.

In the same prophet,

I will send famine and evil wild animals upon you, and I will make you bereft. And pestilence and blood will pass through you; in particular I will bring the sword upon you. Ezekiel 5:17.

[3] The meaning of 'pestilence' as the punishment of evil and its damnation is evident from the following places: In Ezekiel,

Those in waste places will die by the sword, and the one who is in the open field 2 I will give to the wild animals to devour him, and those who are in fortifications and caverns will die from pestilence. Ezekiel 33:27.

'In waste places dying by the sword' stands for suffering the vastation of truth and consequently the damnation of falsity. 'The one who is in the open field being given to the wild animals to devour him' stands for the damnation of those ruled by evil arising out of falsity. 'Those who are in fortifications and caverns, dying from pestilence' stands for the damnation of evil which uses falsity to fortify itself.

[4] In the same prophet,

The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; he that is in the field will die by the sword, but him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour. Ezekiel 7:15.

'The sword' stands for the vastation of truth and the damnation of falsity; 'famine' and 'pestilence' stand for the vastation of good and the damnation of evil. The sword is said to be 'without' and famine and pestilence 'within' because the vastation of truth takes place externally but the vastation of good internally. When however a person leads a life that rests on falsity, damnation is meant by the words 'he that is in the field will die by the sword'; and when a person leads a life ruled by evil which he defends by the use of falsity, damnation is meant by the words 'him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour'.

[5] In Leviticus,

I will bring upon you a sword executing the vengeance of the covenant; wherever you are gathered into your cities, I will send pestilence into the midst of you, and you will be delivered 3 into the hand of the enemy. When I have cut off your supply of bread 4 ... Leviticus 26:25-26.

Here in a similar way 'a sword' stands for the vastation of truth and the damnation of falsity, 'pestilence' for the damnation of evil. The vastation of good, meant by 'famine', is described when [the Lord] speaks of cutting off their supply of bread. 'Cities' into which they would be gathered has the same meaning as 'the city' just above - falsities that are used to defend evils. For the meaning of 'cities' as truths, and so in the contrary sense as falsities, see 402, 2268, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[6] In Ezekiel,

Therefore because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your abominations, a third part of you will die from pestilence, and be annihilated [by famine] in your midst; then a third will fall by the sword around you; finally I will scatter a third to every wind, so that I will draw out a sword after them. Ezekiel 5:11-12.

'Famine' stands for the damnation of evil, 'sword' for the damnation of falsity. 'Scattering to every wind' and 'drawing out a sword after them' stand for getting rid of truths and seizing on falsities.

[7] In Jeremiah,

If they offer burnt offering or minchah, I am not accepting those things, but I will consume those people by sword, famine, and pestilence. Jeremiah 14:12.

In the same prophet,

I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die from a great pestilence. Afterwards I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those in this city left from the pestilence, and from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. He who remains in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans besieging you will live, and his soul will become spoil to him. Jeremiah 21:6-7, 9.

In the same prophet,

I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, till they are consumed from upon the earth. Jeremiah 24:10.

Here also 'sword' means the vastation of truth, 'famine' the vastation of good, and 'pestilence' damnation; and 'sword', 'famine', and 'pestilence' have the same meanings in the following places as well: Jeremiah 27:8; 29:17-18; 32:24, 36; 34:17; 38:2; 42:17, 22; 44:13; Ezekiel 12:16.

[8] Since those three scourges follow in their own particular order [of severity], David was presented by the prophet Gad with the three. He had to choose between the coming of seven years of famine, fleeing three months before his enemies, or three days of pestilence in the land, 2 Samuel 24:13. ('Fleeing before his enemies' implies 'the sword'.) In Amos,

I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. 5 Amos 4:10.

'The pestilence in the way of Egypt' stands for the vastation of good by means of falsities, which are 'the way of Egypt'. 'Killing young men with the sword, along with captured horses' stands for the vastation of truth, truths being meant by 'young men' and intellectual concepts by 'horses', 5 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321, 6534.

[9] In Ezekiel,

Pestilence and blood will pass through you. Ezekiel 5:17.

In the same prophet,

I will send upon her pestilence and blood in her streets. Ezekiel 28:23.

Here 'pestilence' stands for good that has been adulterated, and 'blood' for truth that has been falsified. For the meaning of 'blood' as falsified truth, see 4735, 6978.

[10] In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence that creeps in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noonday. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The terror of the night' stands for falsity which lies concealed; 'the arrow that flies by day' for falsity which is out in the open; 'the pestilence that creeps in thick darkness' for evil which lies concealed; 'death which lays waste at noonday' for evil which is out in the open. The fact that 'pestilence' means evil and the damnation of evil is evident from the use of the word 'death', which is distinguished here from pestilence solely by its being said of death that it 'lays waste at noonday' but of pestilence that it 'creeps in thick darkness'. In the same author,

He opened a way for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, and He subjected their life to pestilence. Psalms 78:50.

This refers to the Egyptians, 'pestilence' standing for every kind of evil and its damnation.

Footnotes:

1. literally, evil

2. literally, upon the face of the field

3. The Latin means I will deliver you but the Hebrew means you will be delivered.

4. literally, While I am about to break the staff of bread for you

5. literally, the captivity of your horses

  
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